Common Tern

The Common Tern (Afrikaans name, Gewone Sterretjie) is a common, medium sized Tern, mostly seen in large flocks.

The Comon Tern is a Palearctic migrant arriving here in Summer. We see them right along the West Coast.

About 300 000 birds visit with some immature birds remain the year round

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Yellow-Billed Duck

The Yellow-billed Duck (Afrikaans name, Geelbekeend) is a very pretty duck with its scaled feathers, yellow bill and a beautiful iridescent…
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Carpenter Bee

The Carpenter Bee (genus Xylocopa)(Afrikaans name houtkapperby) is so named because of the fact that it bores holes into trees, wooden…